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This conference will be the next event in the series of polar conferences organized by the German Society for Polar Research (DGP
e.V.) every 2.5 years.

We will welcome contributions in all fields of polar and high mountain research. It is also planned to address the interested public by evening lectures and further events.

The 27th International Polar Conference 2018 will be taken place at the University of Rostock being the oldest university in the Baltic region. Furthermore, the Hanseatic City of Rostock will hold its 800th anniversary in 2018.

For the First Circular please follow the link above.

Further details will be published on the DGP website and in the Second Circular by mid-June 2017.

On March 24, the University of Alaska Anchorage and Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. will hold the first ever Anchorage Arctic Research Day. This event will bring together the rich Arctic research community within the municipality of Anchorage to share information about the diversity of research and creative activity being conducted by researchers from a broad array of organizations, and foster new connections and collaborations.

HOST:
The University of Buffalo, The Center for Geohazards Studies, Dept. of Geology, College of Arts and Sciences, The RENEW Institute.

THEME:
“Polar Climate and Sea Level: Past, Present and Future" – Under this umbrella theme will be sub-themes on topics ranging from The Greenland Ice Sheet to Hazards of Polar Change to the Climate History of Baffin Bay.

TOPICS:
The Arctic Workshop is open to all interested in high latitude environments, including those of the past, present, and future. Previous Workshops have included presentations on Arctic and Antarctic climate, atmospheric chemistry, environmental geochemistry, paleoenvironment, archeology, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology, oceanography, Quaternary history and more.

SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, 22 March – Icebreaker Reception in early evening
Thursday, 23 March – Talk and Poster Sessions all day
Thursday, 23 March – Banquet Dinner with Keynote Talk: Eric Steig, University of Washington
Friday, 24 March – Talk and Poster Sessions most of the day
Saturday, 25 March – Talk and Field Trip to Niagara Gorge

ABSTRACTS:
Submission of abstract on the website is open now. https://geohazards.buffalo.edu/aw2017/submit
The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 22 February 2017. Presentations can be either a poster or a talk

Speakers: Sarah Waters, NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Seminar sponsor: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Seminar POC for questions: Claire.Fackler [at] noaa.gov, (805) 893-6429

Remote access, register for webinar at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4233694090270569729

Abstract: Building your own ROV is not as complicated as you think! Find out how students near Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary are designing and building their own ROVs to explore the Thunder Bay River and Lake Huron, as well as participate in environmental stewardship projects. This webinar will showcase how ROVs are used to explore our national marine sanctuaries and provide a basic overview of designing and building ROVs with students for your own explorations!

The workshop will be held on July 9-13, 2017, at the University of Maryland, with an optional visit to the National Science Foundation on July 14.

If you are in your first three years of a permanent academic position, please apply to join us for a multi-day workshop in a stimulating and resource-rich environment where you will participate in sessions on topics including effective teaching strategies, course design, establishing a research program in a new setting, working with research students, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and time management. The workshop is offered by NAGT On the Cutting Edge professional development program for geoscience faculty with support from the National Science Foundation, Geological Society of America and American Geophysical Union.

Participants must have a full-time faculty position at a two-year or four-year college or a university at the time of the workshop and must be in their first three years of full-time teaching or starting a full-time position in the Fall.

Please note the application deadline is March 22, 2017.

For additional information and a link to online application, please visit the website above.

We are grateful to the IOPAN, the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, to host the workshop.

New Arctic and sub-Arctic observational programs are upcoming, enhancing ongoing activities. These focus on an Arctic observing system (e.g. INTAROS, AOS), high-latitude/mid-latitude interaction (e.g. APPLICATE, BLUE ACTION), prediction capabilities (e.g. YOPP, SIPN) or the drifting observatory MOSAIC, to name a few. At the same time we have seen the cessation of a number of long-term observational programs in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.

With a temporal horizon of 5 years in mind, we suggest to discuss the path of Arctic observations in the context of ASOF:

• How well do the observational programs do in contributing to solve key scientific questions?
• Where do we see progress, where are the gaps (spatial, temporal, technical, scientific) and how could they be closed?
• What is the current status of the integration of models and observations: a) how well can models aid observational network design, b) how an observing system is/shall be set up which is able to be useful for models and model prediction.
• What is the role of ASOF in these activities, and should we get involved more, for example into the AOS, and into YOPP?

We look forward to receive submissions for presentations and/or your registration until January 31st 2017.

Please register to the meeting, providing your name, dates of stay, email and title of your presentation plus a short abstract (in the extra text box) if you want to submit in the following table:

https://terminplaner.dfn.de/foodle.php?id=g8064dy4wym664eb

Organizers of the 3rd Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) International Online Conference 2017 announce a call for
abstract submissions. This year's theme is entitled, "Outside the Box: Encouraging alternative solutions for undertaking and communicating polar research."

Organizers are seeking abstracts for short 10-minute presentations that relate this year's theme of encouraging alternative solutions for undertaking and communicating polar research. As a new generation of polar researchers stepping up to the plate, new and innovative polar challenges must be embraced.

The ability to successfully address such challenges and steer the polar world in a positive direction has far-reaching local, regional, and global consequences. Researchers should venture "outside the box" of the ideas that previous generations of polar researchers have left in order to overcome the severity of polar challenges. New ideas regarding international and interagency collaborations, idea-sharing between poles, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to research, technology and the ability to modify and develop it to suit needs, affordable methods of research, and improved ways of communicating scientific and social research are needed. To this end, APECS is working to foster the sharing of alternative solutions for undertaking and communicating polar research.

Abstracts are now open! We would love to hear your alternative solutions for undertaking and communicating polar research via a punchy 10 minute online powerpoint presentation, with 5 minutes for questions.

Abstract submission deadline: 22:00 Greenwich Mean Time, 20 January 2017.

This is an internal meeting of the SEARCH Science Steering Committee and Action Team leads. Meeting participation is by invite only.

ESA will hold the first Cryosat North American Science Meeting. Co-sponsored by a number of international institutions, the meeting is open to all worldwide interested CryoSat stakeholders and data users. There will be no conference fee but the participants are required to finance their own travel and accommodation.

The meeting will provide a unique and timely forum for scientists and end-users of CryoSat data to share the state-of-the-art in research and applications, review mission achievements and prepare for the continued use of the CryoSat mission in the future.

The Cryosat North American Science meeting is organised approximately seven years after launch of CryoSat and will highlight areas where the mission has made significant contribution including cryosphere, oceanography, geodesy, hydrology, topography, meteorology and climate change.

Presentations on the use of CryoSat data for operational applications and demonstrations of novel scientific applications are also encouraged. The meeting will be also instrumental to outline the international collaboration in the exploitation of data, to propose new scientific requirements, to identify new scientific challenges in view of the extension beyond 2019 and, in general, for its possible successor.

Abstract deadline is 4 December 2016

More details can be found at the website above.

The International Symposium on Polar Sciences has been held annually ever since the conception of Korea’s Antarctic research schemes. This Symposium not only serves as an international forum bringing polar scientists together to exchange views and ideas, but also provides an opportunity to discuss collaborative research with peers and colleagues. Marking the 23rd series of this symposium, this year’s theme is “Life at the Extremes: Resilience, Adaptation and Application Potential”. The symposium will be held at the Korea Polar Research Institute, in Incheon, Republic of Korea on May 17-18, 2017.

The following six sessions are proposed:

• Genomic and physiological studies of microorganisms living in extreme environments
• Adaptation of photosynthetic organisms to freezing environments
• Genomic and physiological adaptation in polar animals
• Evolution: From fossils to genomics
• Marine food web: Prey-predator
• Cold-adapted proteins and metabolites: from molecular cloning to biotechnology

Please submit your abstract at the symposium website no later than March 17, 2017.

Please register at the symposium website no later than April 17, 2017.